Intended as a suicide mission to delay the vast host of the King of Persia, the rest of Greece marshaled its forces while 300 Spartans held out at Thermopylae for six days against an indomitable foe.

• 为了拖住波斯国王亲率的大军,希腊派出自己的军力,加上300位斯巴达军人执行自杀式的任务:他们死守塞莫皮莱,浴血抵抗誓死不退的敌人长达6天之久。